The myth of multi-tasking
Last week I almost burned my kitchen down. In my quest to get all the important things done on my list, I was working on several things at once. Although ...
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Five signs you have a mediocre culture
A lot has changed over the past thirty years–we can jump on Amazon and have anything delivered to our door in a day, we have hundreds of channels ...
Stop telling girls that bossy is leadership
It was a week before Christmas, and my three kids were reenacting The Nutcracker in our living room when a fight broke out. My seven-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Olivia, started yelling at ...
The one question Netflix uses to ensure an exceptional culture
You may know Netflix as a top media entertainment provider with shows like, Orange is the New Black and Stranger Things, but behind this media giant is a high-performance company ...
How to know when to fire someone
I once worked for a credit union where employees dreaded calling the accounting department. There was an accounting specialist who was not friendly and often snapped at you if she ...
What the most profitable companies do differently
A couple of years ago, I read the book, Firms of Endearment where the authors share how world-class companies profit from passion and purpose. We’ve all heard that having ...
A day in the life of a leader
Right out of college, I worked in the IT department as a help desk representative for an insurance company in upstate New York where I grew up. I was the ...
The importance of boundaries in leadership (and life)
On a recent Wednesday night, I was attending a parent association meeting at my children’s school to talk about upcoming events. These meetings have historically run long; sometimes going ...